Mounjaro February to April 24 starters - Thread 5

[DesparatePragmatist]

Continuing the journey for those of us who have been on MJ since early 2024. Previous thread here:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5262448-mounjaro-february-to-april-24-starters-thread-4?page=39&reply=146714858

I definitely feel I need to be on it for life. I can’t cope with the food noise and the level of hunger I’ve felt this week has been very annoying.

I've just been reading an article online about the generic brands we might expect in the market this year that could be a lot cheaper.

Lets see what happens anyway and whether my prescriber will even let me have anything in future who knows.

I last ordered at the end of September. I think they may only have a 6 month window and expect significant gain in order to represcribe.

Still struggling and the food noise is coming back stronger. I’ve noticed over the last few days that I’m eating far more than previously and just can’t stop when it comes to biscuits and chocolate.

I'm on 5mg and don’t want to increase again. I have a 7.5 in the fridge but was going to use that to do 3.75 when I reduce. Can’t believe I ruined it all at Xmas by being a greedy pig and getting re-addicted to sugar. I have zero willpower.

My dad has recently been diagnosed as pre-diabetic. He has cut out sugar and reversed it within a few months. I don’t have anywhere near that level of willpower.
My mum cut out sugar over a year ago to lose weight for my wedding and she’s fallen off the wagon like I have, but not as badly.

First week back on MJ. Half a stone down on 2.5 - phew!

Not getting the suppression I did first time with you lovely lot back in 2024 but I am eating much more and much better. The Zoe app is proving to be a really good tool for me.

No side effects other than a mid headache some mornings.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Sending a virtual hug!

@Thebaldprimadonna well done, that’s a great start. Especially as I’ve heard that often it doesn’t work well second time around.

I put on 8 pounds over the last month. Getting back into it.
in other news I found a lump in my chest.
it was the bottom of my ribs!

Are yiu getting it checked out?

I found one and it ended up being a bit of gristle. Consultant said I likely only felt it due to barely having any fat on me (why, thank you).

It’s definitely my rib!

SwiftDoctor are giving their maintenance customers £10 off every order, ongoing, if that's useful for anyone. They emailed me offering the code as I did a maintenance call with them a while ago. I've not ordered since because I had pens to use up and I was broke. But I will probably order a 2.5mg soon, my break has been too long to get higher than that I think.

I had got down briefly to 11 stone on 15mg (BMI 24), had been maintaining around 11st 2lbs for a little while on 7.5mg, weight went up to more like 11st 5lbs at Christmas, now it seems to be back at 11 2 again. I still want to get down to 10 st 7lbs to have some more wriggle room, and have gone back up to 10mg for my next dose. Hoping to do it fairly quickly though, and be ten stone something very soon (not been there since 2007, by the way). Have done very well and felt good in the last couple of weeks and have stopped feeling starving all the time which was entirely down to Christmas eating and drinking!

Sorry, I actually posted on the wrong thread. Just realised I started March 2025 not 2024. 🙈

@DeftGoldHedgehog
No worries, you're not the first 🤣

Won't be long before there'll be 2026 people getting confused!

I seem to be getting back on track. When I started this I weighed in kgs because they don't have much emotional meaning to me. But I've realised it's quite easy not to do the conversion in my head now I'm maintaining so I've gone back to imperial so I can see smaller changes. Also getting back to running after some illness, easier to do when it's not chucking it down with rain!

I’ve felt a bit bottomless pit over the last week or so. But what’s different using MJ to maintain is that I spot the very early signs of going off track so much earlier. Pre MJ I’d have gained a stone before noticing bad habits creeping in!

I'm still hungry constantly and can’t stop eating. Makes me wonder how much worse it could actually be if I came off it. My pen’s date is next month and I have another of the same to use which will take me into March. Wonder if it’s the age of the pen that’s the problem.
I do occasionally have weeks like this though where I’m just unreasonably hungry but it’s been going on for too long now.

I’m also wondering where to get my next pen from. I had a random pen from a new provider a couple of months ago but there’s no button to reorder on my account. And it’s been about 6mths since I ordered from my usual pharmacy.

Hi all! I thought I’d check back in.

My new boobs are looking amazing. Not going to lie. I measure a 32DD. I don’t need a bra. They sit there all perky and wonderful. I just wear a bralette for coverage.

Maintaining and hunger. I’m on 12.5. It only really suppresses fully for 48 hours. But I’m used to it now. I can eat plenty to sustain my exercise. I am more ripped than some of the guys at the gym now.

I am very rigid with food. I don’t really deviate from a few set meals. Saturday I say I will have whatever I want. But I don’t want it anymore. I’ve worked too hard for this.

Do I have disordered eating? Yes. But I had that pre MJ. I don’t think there are many who have been obese who don’t.

i wanted to be thin my entire life. Bluntly it comes down to that. I’m now healthy and thin. I won’t do anything to jeopardise that. I’ve been been in maintenance much longer now than I was actively losing.

I am sorry that some are struggling. It is shit. I know how hard it is. I also don’t want to sound like one of those annoying seemingly slim people who says you just have to work harder. It’s not that easy. For me I won’t ever go back. I know it will snowball. I am not going back to how useless and miserable I felt for most of my life.

Plus who knows what would happen to the boobs. 🤣

I am tempted by a boob uplift (mine have always been large) I'm currently a 30hh.

How long was your downtime? I have just started a new venture/business and it's taking off. I WFH so as long as I can do a teams call I'm good haha. But work are expecting me back to the office soon.

Re weight I am pretty steady. I am usually taking 10 every 3 weeks or so. But I will finally start wegovy this week! My MS consultant agreed this is a good plan for maintenance as it's not as strong as MJ (also much cheaper) tablets can't come soon enough!

Here's to nearly being in year 3! Crazy to think it's nearly been 2 years!

It is crazy to think how long ago we started. It’s about 3 weeks shy of two years for me.

Recovery. I did have implants and under the muscle, so mine will be a bit different. You won’t have the UDM challenge with the uplift.

I had the op Wednesday morning. Came home Thursday lunchtime. Stayed on the sofa until Saturday afternoon. Drove tentatively Sunday. Pain is manageable. I as sent home with 7 days worth of stronger painkillers.

The hardest part is keeping the incisions dry and hair washing. Even washing armpits as you can’t really lift your arms with UDM.

Exercise wise I was meant to avoid the gym for a month. It’s also for increased heart rate. However… I listened to my body. I did very gentle exercise after 2 weeks and was back to it by 3 weeks, but I very much modified my routine.

I am so glad I did it. I feel like a woman again. Skin I can cope with. It really is minimal. Boobs? No. We are all also that far out from starting point and in maintenance that you should get good results now.

Hope that helps.

PE. Go for it!!!!! It isn’t cheap. But mental health wise. Worth it. @Flapearedknave

Yeah, as sad and vane as it is, my boobs, being large have always been a big part of me (pun not intended haha) it's like losing my hair too, but that is my MS meds.

Id love to be able to wear backless dresses, as my back is lovely and toned haha

Your recovery was really quick! Even more tempted now.

Thanks for replying ❤️

I am half way through a month of travel with my trusty Renpho travel scales at the ready. These seem to weigh me about 1kg more than my home scales. Started at 66kg, then after numerous restaurant meals, crept up to around 67.2, this trend then interrupted by a brief bout of traveller’s tummy. This morning down to 65.6. We are self catering for five days, during which I am eating mainly veg. Braised cabbage with crushed peanuts for dinner, anyone? Actually very tasty. Besides the daily weighing, my other habits are to never clean my plate, and keep booze to a minimum, I am probably around 5-7 units a week.
I could be thinner - I am a 10-12. But I think my face would suffer, and I am happy with my size & silhouette. Still on 5mg and so I will be for the foreseeable.

Maintaining on 12.5mg. Defo not having the same effect buit its doing something.
I have a stockpile (to embarassed to say how much!). But needing to keep buying to stop gap getting too big. I have to keep moving supplier to get decent new customer prices. Does anybody have a wee unheard of pharmacy thats cheap? (wishful thinking I know!). I have asked for price match but no joy.

You would think they would want to keep you rather than sell you a pen once.

Just checking in. Surprised to see so many gaining weight and having to move back up the doses! I also have gained a stone. Maybe a bit over. I unfortunately seem to need 15mg to maintain and attempting to move down eventually resulted in my gaining again. Injecting is like water nowadays. I tried to go down to 7.5mg around Xmas but yeah that's didn't work! I went back to 10mg and now on 12.5mg. sitting at about 11st 6lbs. So not really lost much or what I gained. The gain was pretty fast.

Us being the longest on it seems to be having similar issues with regain. Obviously if the prices hadn't gone up we wouldn't all be trying to move back down the doses unless still losing.

I still have 2 pens left of my stash from August. Once I'm down to my last pen I will move over to wegovy. Have already messaged Zava about it. Might as well see if it helps or not.

Honestly at this point I am hoping something else comes out that might be cheaper and more effective. Or brings the price of MJ back down(retatutide maybe?!) I'm sure one day there will be a good maintenance option!

Sorry to see so many of us struggling.

Yes @ObsidianTree I'm sad to see so many of us old-timers struggling too. I think (and hope) this may be a 'time of year blip'. It's early in the New Year, the weather has been awful and even lifelong skinnies are feeling the call of the carbs.

My dad died on January 2nd after several months of deteriorating health, repeated crisis, unsuccessful discharges from hospital, carers and care homes, etc. He was 94 so I'm not claiming this is a tragedy but the stress of it all, and the subsequent admin, has completely killed my appetite. My weight has dropped to 9st, bmi 19.4, the lowest yet. A bit scary particularly as I'm only on about 2mg.

I'm hoping it's just temporary, and obviously it's not something I can safely discuss with my prescriber. I know what I need to do (eat more!) so that's the plan. Just been to the gym which has become my happy place recently, and ate a big cookie!

I know it seems to be the same for all of us but glad to see I’m not a one off. I managed to get down to 5mg once a week but that didn’t last long. My “goal” was 12 stone but I went down to 11 stone 5 at one point. I’ve gained back up to 12 stone now but have a decent butt and thigh through the gym so I’m content for now. I’m fed up of using willpower so much though so back up to 7.5mg every 5 days. I still weigh very often and seem to bounce up and down the same 3/4 pounds which I don’t mind.

Been on the fence in regards to my skin removal surgery for a while now but definitely leaning more toward it. It’s not something that I can afford easily so will mean balancing a second job around young kids for the next 2/3 years 🫤 but will improve my silhouette a great deal after nearly 10 stone loss!

Reporting in again on my return to MJ after a long break.

I started a month ago and am down 12 pounds, so that's got me to a BMI of 31.9. I cannot wait to get down into the twenties again - I like the way my face looks so much more!

I am still logging my food on the Zoe app and eating much more healthily than I did the first time round as a result.

Having a very stressful time with work plus very poor sleep. Without MJ, I would be piling the weight on.

I ordered a 5mg to start on Thursday, but I may well stick to 2.5 for now. It seems to have bedded in well (no side effects) and I don't mind going more slowly than in 2024.